Best Public Schools in Zip Code 66856

Summary:

The 66856 zip code is home to two standout schools, Lebo Elementary and Lebo High, both of which have consistently demonstrated strong academic performance and positive student outcomes.

Lebo Elementary has been a top-performing school in Kansas, ranking in the top 20% of elementary schools in the state for the past three years and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has outperformed the Lebo-Waverly district and the state of Kansas in proficiency rates on the KAP (Kansas Assessment Program) tests for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.

Lebo High has also demonstrated impressive performance, ranking in the top 5% of Kansas high schools for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, the school's ranking dropped to the top 45% for the 2024-2025 school year, suggesting a potential decline in performance that may warrant further investigation. Despite this, Lebo High maintains a high four-year graduation rate of 89.5% and a low dropout rate of 1.3%, indicating that students are successfully completing their high school education.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)								KAP Mathematics (2025)								KAP Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lebo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	415 N Ogden St	Lebo	66856	Coffey County	Lebo-Waverly	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 256-6161	159	12	13.6	43.4%	147 (92.5%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	76	131^st of 656 public elementary schools	80.0%		80.6	101^st of 653 public elementary schools	84.5%	30	71.4	66.7	68.0					68.7	57.1	38.9	48.0					48.4	68.0		68.0	$16,468	$300	$16,168
Lebo High	Public	6-12	12 W 4th St	Lebo	66856	Coffey County	Lebo-Waverly	No	No	No	No	(620) 256-6341	117	12	9.9	35.9%	105 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.3%)	51.6	150^th of 332 public high schools	54.8%		90.7	18^th of 318 public high schools	94.3%	132				40.0	50.0	41.2	44.4	43.7				55.0	31.3	29.4	27.8	36.6		41.2	38.9	$18,967	$00	$18,967

Cities Near Zip Code 66856

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lebo	2.09 mi	2	112^th
Neosho Rapids	8.02 mi	1	252^nd
Hartford	8.17 mi	1	300^th
Waverly	13.08 mi	2	62^nd
Burlington	13.67 mi	3	108^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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